Ch. 15 The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe & Americas

conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico

• Hernan Cortes
• Moctezuma
• Francisco Pizarro
• Bartolome de Las Casas

the priest who condemned the evils of the encomienda system; proposed to import workers from Africa to help the natives; later regrets this decision because it furthered the brutal African slave trade

• Hernan Cortes
• Moctezuma
• Francisco Pizarro
• Bartolome de Las Casas

conquistador who conquered the Incas in Peru

• Hernan Cortes
• Moctezuma
• Francisco Pizarro
• Bartolome de Las Casas

the emperor of the Aztecs

• Hernan Cortes
• Moctezuma
• Francisco Pizarro
• Bartolome de Las Casas

vast global exchange of animals and plants between the New World and the Old World

• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Pilgrims
• Tenochtitlan

capital city of the Aztec empire on which modern-day Mexico city was built

• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Pilgrims
• Tenochtitlan

English Protestants who rejected the Church of England

• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Pilgrims
• Tenochtitlan

the leg of the triangular trade route on which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas

• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Pilgrims
• Tenochtitlan

Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500 & 1600s

• conquistador
• viceroy
• privateer
• entrepreneur

person who assumes financial risk in the hope of making a profit

• conquistador
• viceroy
• privateer
• entrepreneur